It is no mystery even in the Western model of medicine that antibiotics are overly prescribed. This is substantiated by a growing number of drug resistant infections such as MRSA as one example. I am not saying there are not situations where one needs antibiotics, there are. But, antibiotics are tirelessly prescribed in situations where either the immune system could have taken over or a natural remedy could have been used in its place. This article is interesting in this sense, but, also note one side effect that happened to one persons bladder and kidney. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2097415/Taking-antibiotics-rup.... This is only one tiny example. Sadly, I have been witness to situations in which antibiotics have devastated people's lives. Currently, it does seem that the medical world is ackowledging this issue byt searching for better ways to deal with infections. Probiotics and other types of alternatives are being more and more seriously studied. In twenty years, I think that we will have a completely different protocol for dealing with infecitons of all kinds. Until then, one should elevates one's own awareness on the options he or she has. Simple old fashioned remedies work, more sophisitcated formulas work, alternative medicines of all kinds work in these situations more often than not.

Dr. Brizman